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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What character does Helen indicate she was very jealous of?

2. At what age did Helen say her first word?

3. Where did Helen and Anne vacation after leaving Boston?

4. What did Helen, Mildred and Anne do when the train approached?

5. What was Sullivan trying to teach Helen the difference between when Helen became extremely frustrated?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happened as a result of the plagiarizing incident for Helen?

2. After the fever what memories about sight and sound did Helen have left?

3. What animal did Helen find on the beach and what did she do with it?

4. What were two of the chores that Helen was able to do for her mother?

5. What caused Helen great pain at first at the Perkins Institute and then what changed her mind?

6. What happened nine months after Anne Sullivan arrived at Helen's home?

7. How did Helen's tantrums change and how did this make most of her family and friends feel?

8. What position did Helen hold in the family and how was she treated?

9. How did Helen feel about other writers?

10. How was Helen able to learn some of the basics of geography and what did she think she was actually doing?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Why do you think Helen took an extra year before she went to Radcliffe? Do you believe this was a good or bad decision? Why do you feel this way?

Essay Topic 2

Why do you believe the trip to Baltimore was such an important part of Helen's life? Why do you think she is able to clearly remember the amount of detail so many years later? Have you ever experienced an event like this? If so, describe it. If not, why not?

Essay Topic 3

How did Helen learn to systematically work through something that would not offer her immediate gratification? What in her young life prepared her her for this type of work?

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